Ex-Enugu FC star, Okafor Emmanuel, arrested for drug trafficking

Former Nigerian footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja for alleged drug trafficking.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), announced this in a statement on their Twitter handle Sunday.

The statement reads, “Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,NDLEA, havearrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airlines flight with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed in his bags.

“The 33-year-old indigene of Arochukwu Local Government, Abia State was arrested on Monday 26′ September 2022 after anti-narcotic officers discovered he concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of same with the class A drug.

“During preliminary interview, Okafor disclosed that he was an ex-footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in 2014. 

“He further stated that he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but could not advance his football career in Brazil due lack of official

Okafor was arrested in September on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 1.40kg of crack cocaine concealed in his bags.”